Scattered all over the earth

In a future where Japan has vanished into the sea, climate refugee Hiruko teaches immigrant children in Denmark using Panska, her unique invented language. Driven by a longing for her mother tongue, Hiruko embarks on a journey across Europe, forming an unlikely cohort of friends—a linguist, a gender-nonconforming Indian man, an Inuit, and a German museum worker—each searching for their own sense of belonging in a world reshaped by displacement.
Why You Should Read?
Explore themes of language, identity, and the search for home in a vividly imagined, post-cataclysmic world.
Experience a distinctive narrative style, shifting perspectives, and surreal, episodic adventures, from umami competitions to bullfights.
Discover Yoko Tawada's unique blend of humor, dystopian insight, and profound observations on human connection.
Engage with a work by a National Book Award Longlisted author, translated by the acclaimed Margaret Mitsutani.